Can Canadians afford the new Canada’s Food Guide? Assessing Barriers and Challenges

Charlebois, Sylvain; Smook, Meghan; Wambui, Brenda Nyambura; Somogyi, Simon; Racey, Megan; Fiander, Don; Music, Janet; Caron, Isabelle

doi:10.5539/jfr.v10n6p22

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“…The high awareness of the CFGs is consistent with existing research that suggest awareness of CFG to be as high as 80–90% ( 20 , 21 , 23 , 24 , 34 ). Despite the high level of awareness among participants, studies have found that the use of CFG is low, with Slater and Mudryj's study reporting that only 8.7% of participants had consulted the 2007 Food Guide in the last 6 months ( 21 ).…”

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“…Significant differences were observed in the opinions of parents regarding the 2007 and 2019 CFG, with more favorable opinions observed with the 2019 CFG. This finding is consistent with a 2019 survey of Canadian adults, which found that most participants agreed or strongly agreed that the 2019 Food Guide reflected their views and understanding of healthy eating; provided realistic and practical advice; was flexible to meet their dietary preference; was based on scientific evidence and best practices; and could influence food related behaviors ( 34 ).…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Similar findings were noted in our study's quantitative and open-ended responses regarding the 2007 and 2019 CFGs with many parents identifying that they had heard or were aware of the Food Guides, but were not using it to guide their food choices. This observation is not surprising, as participants from Slater and Mudryj's study ranked CFG as the fifth cited source for healthy eating information while participants from Charlebois and colleagues study ranked CFG as the sixth cited source ( 21 , 34 ). Of the resources consulted for healthy eating information before the Food Guide, participants noted family and friends, general research, TV programs, and social media ( 21 , 34 ).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…This observation is not surprising, as participants from Slater and Mudryj's study ranked CFG as the fifth cited source for healthy eating information while participants from Charlebois and colleagues study ranked CFG as the sixth cited source ( 21 , 34 ). Of the resources consulted for healthy eating information before the Food Guide, participants noted family and friends, general research, TV programs, and social media ( 21 , 34 ). Research has suggested that consumers value targeted information that is easily accessible, interactive, dynamic, and tailored to their specific needs ( 37 ).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Little is known about Canadians' opinions on the 2019 CFG. While a recent survey ( 34 ), social media analysis ( 35 ), and qualitative study ( 36 ) have explored Canadians' opinions of the 2019 CFG, no studies have directly compared opinions of the 2019 to the 2007 CFG. Thus, the objective of this study was to build upon previous research of awareness, use, knowledge, and opinions of CFGs by comparing the perceptions and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 CFGs among parents of young children.…”

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Comparing the perceptions and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 Canada's food guides among parents of young children

Ramuscak

David

Forbes

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThe Canada's Food Guide (CFG) is recognized as the most prominent authoritative guideline for healthy eating in Canada. In 2019, Health Canada released the latest iteration of the CFG with substantial changes to its messaging and format from the previous 2007 CFG.ObjectiveThis study compared the awareness, use, knowledge, and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 CFGs among parents with children aged 18 months to 5 years who are participants in a family-based intervention trial, the Guelph Family Health Study.MethodsThe sample consisted of 327 parents (59% women) who responded to questions about the 2007 CFG and 177 parents (60% women) who responded to questions about the 2019 CFG. Parents' awareness and knowledge of the 2007 and 2019 CFGs were compared using Pearson's Chi-Square, while parents' opinions of the two CFGs were compared using Wilcoxon Rank-Sum tests. To describe and provide context about how parents used the 2007 and 2019 CFG descriptive analysis was used. To analyze the open-answer comments parents provided for the 2007 and 2019 CFGs thematic coding was used.ResultsAwareness of the 2007 and 2019 CFGs was high with 94.5 and 90.4% of parents reported having heard about the 2007 and 2019 CFGs, respectively. Knowledge of the plate proportion recommendations in the 2019 CFG was significantly higher than knowledge of the recommended number of servings in the 2007 CFG with 93.4% of parents identifying the Vegetable and Fruit Plate Proportions in the 2019 CFG. Parents identified that the 2019 CFG was a helpful and trustworthy resource, and that it was easier to follow and understand, and more representative of their culture and traditional foods than the 2007 CFG.ConclusionOur results suggest that parents' knowledge of the 2019 CFG recommendations was higher than for the 2007 CFG recommendations. Parents also had more positive opinions about the 2019 CFG as compared to the 2007 CFG. Future research is needed to explore whether these higher levels knowledge of the 2019 CFG recommendation translate to healthier eating patterns among Canadian families.

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confidence: 88%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparing the perceptions and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 Canada's food guides among parents of young children

Ramuscak

David

Forbes

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Parents’ knowledge of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide recommendations

Ramuscak,

Duncan,

et al. 2023

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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Little is known about Canadians’ knowledge of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide (CFG) recommendations. Using cross-sectional survey data from the Guelph Family Health Study, our brief communication aimed to explore parents’ knowledge of the 2019 CFG recommendations through descriptive statistics and content analysis. Among a sample of 122 parents, we found that parents had a general understanding of the 2019 CFG’s recommendations but poor knowledge of specific details of the recommendations, such as the names of the three food groups and which foods contain unhealthy fats.

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Affordability of Canada's Food Guide: Current challenges amid COVID-19, War in Ukraine, and other world events

2023

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Since the 2019 Canada Food Guide was released, there have been concerns raised over the cost of food, with an emphasis on the affordability of nutritious food. In this study, we evaluate the affordability of the 2019 Canada Food Guide in relation to the previous edition from 2007. As a result of the pandemic and other significant world events, many are feeling financial stress as prices in many areas of life rise, including housing, gas, and food. Our results show that it is more cost-effective, on average, for children and teens to follow the 2019 Canada Food Guide, but more expensive for adults, when compared to the 2007 edition.

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Can Canadians afford the new Canada’s Food Guide? Assessing Barriers and Challenges

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Comparing the perceptions and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 Canada's food guides among parents of young children

Comparing the perceptions and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 Canada's food guides among parents of young children

Parents’ knowledge of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide recommendations

Affordability of Canada's Food Guide: Current challenges amid COVID-19, War in Ukraine, and other world events

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